Page 3 - Monetary Policy

Moderate the pace of its monetary tightening: India Inc to RBI

With rising global risk aversion adversely impacting foreign capital inflows, the industry body stated that it poses challenges for financing India's current account deficit

Hike interest rates by 25-35 basis points in Dec: Economists to RBI

The meeting was held ahead of the RBI's next monetary policy review, which is scheduled December 5-7

Monetary policy faces severe information constraints: RBI DG Patra

The moment inflation is released by NSO, it gets hit by unanticipated shocks, says RBI Deputy Governor Michael Patra

Lagged data, frequent reviews make monetary policy's task tough: RBI Dy Guv

Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Michael Patra on Thursday said formulating monetary policy is a challenging task in a volatile environment like the current one, given lagged data inputs, which are also frequently reviewed. Patra said that next week, the deliberations will be starting for the next policy review to be announced in the first week of December and will have to depend on inflation data for October and growth data for July-September coming out on November 30. "Monetary policy has to be forward-looking, and that is because when the policy rate is changed, it takes quite a while before it reaches lending rates and aggregate demand in the economy. Hence, we can only target future inflation, not yesterday's," Patra said in a speech at the annual SBI conclave. "On the basis of one month ago and three month ago data, I will have to assess what is inflation and growth going to be one year down the line," he added. Patra, who oversees the important monetary policy function at the ..

Keep eye on macroeconomic scene: RBI to banks amid deposit growth concern

Concerned over deposit growth lagging high credit offtake; seeks views on collection, IT infra, DBUs

Policy transmission disjointed in bond market: RBI deputy governor Patra

The Deputy Governor flagged instances of wild swings in sovereign bond yields in response to factors such as the announcement of the government's borrowing programme and interest rate changes

India's exports contract for first time in 2 years; imports moderate

Decline 17% to $29.8 billion in October

IMF says global economic outlook getting 'gloomier', risks abound

IMF blamed the darker outlook on tightening monetary policy triggered by persistently high and broad-based inflation, weak growth momentum in China, and ongoing supply disruptions

HDFC retail loan demand at 8-year high, standalone net profit rises 18%

Shifted from quarterly reset for individual loans to monthly one

RBI's MPC to meet on Nov 3 to discuss first inflation target miss

The special MPC meeting is being held for the first time since the MPC was set up in 2016 because the committee failed to keep retail inflation within the 2-6% target band for 3 consecutive quarters

On high inflation, here is what RBI needs to tell govt: It is your fault

All the research since 1980 shows that loose fiscal policy causes inflation, and the RBI MPC needs to tell the govt just that

RBI steps up fund infusion as system liquidity 'almost neutral'

Rates on CPs, CDs surge; pressure mounts on banks to raise deposits

ECB raises interest rates by 75 basis points to fight record inflation

With this, it has increased policy rate by 1.5 per cent, the highest in a decade

Future sentiment score hints a decline in housing market momentum in Q4

The Current sentiment score has declined marginally from 62 in the second quarter of 2022 to 61 in the third quarter of 2022.

'It will continue to be a rough ride, with few places to shelter'

'It will continue to be a rough ride, with few places to shelter. Geographically and geopolitically the US, despite being in the middle of much of the turbulence, should continue to be an attractive '

RBI should focus on softening core inflation: MPC's Shashanka Bhide

"As far as monetary policy is concerned, moderation in the core inflation should be the priority," Shashanka Bhide, an external member of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee, said

Banks offer over 3-year high interest rate to raise funds through CDs

Call mkt rates at higher end of rate corridor as liquidity shrinks rapidly

Headline inflation might have peaked in September, says RBI report

But cautions that fight against price rise will be 'dogged and prolonged'

Asia now world's largest debtor and saver; high risk of debt distress: IMF

Asia's economies will need to focus on fiscal stability in order to offset surging debt and to support monetary policy, the International Monetary Fund has warned.

Liquidity slips into deficit on high credit growth, festival loan demand

Banks face pressure to raise deposits; weighted average call rate highest in 3 years